It's almost like the writers were only TOLD about the original books and the TV program. Sad.It is very sanitized. Almost too much. It's actually sort of cheesy.
It's almost like the writers were only TOLD about the original books and the TV program. Sad.It is very sanitized. Almost too much. It's actually sort of cheesy.
I’ll check both of these out.The Investigation on HBO. It concerns the death of a reporter on a private submarine that happened in Denmark a few years ago.
It's pretty slow and methodical and I don't think I like it.
30 coins, also on HBO is much better. In Spanish with subtitles. It's good fun.
It's almost like the writers were only TOLD about the original books and the TV program. Sad.
Sorry to hear about your bad weather. We all pray it improves soon.Haven't watched more then 20 minutes of TV in probably 15 years. Too busy with actually doing things. Heck, I didn't post on B&B with any regularity for probably 5 years. Only here now because the weather has been intolerable.
I actually only watch TV because I aspire to be a TV writer. Or a critic.....but from my research it appears that we don't have to actually watch TV to critique it!Haven't watched more then 20 minutes of TV in probably 15 years. Too busy with actually doing things. Heck, I didn't post on B&B with any regularity for probably 5 years. Only here now because the weather has been intolerable.
The books were written in the 70's and early? 80's I believe. But I read that exact quote before I watched the series. I didn't really want to post here for fear of showing that I'm not "woke" but that is the main problem with the new rendering. And it seems they are trying to compress too many stories into one show. There is none of Siegfried blowing up at James, and then doing the same thing himself.... Too many MAIN characters and not enough time to focus. Ok, get off my lawn!That really does seem sad. Big spread on Rotten Tomatoes between the critic ratings (96) and the user ratings (76), which is always a sign to me of something really amiss and it makes me question the impartiality of "the critics." The user reviews seem to say things similar to what you all are saying. One user review quotes the director as saying he was putting "a fresh modern perspective" on the remake. I suppose the books did come out in the 1930s to 1950s. But, still, I would say, write your own original screenplay if you want, but don't try to draw in fans of the original with the title. Hrrrumph!
I thought Kominsky Method was quite good.
The books were written in the 70's and early? 80's I believe
If you like easy to read, heart warming reads , "All Creatures Great and Small" is really one of my favorites. The subsequent ones were almost equally well done, but all first rate.Sorry. I misread or misremembered the Wikipedia entry on James Herriot which actually says: "He is best known for writing a series of eight books set in the 1930s–1950s Yorkshire Dales about veterinary practice, animals, and their owners, which began with If Only They Could Talk, first published in 1970."
So you are correct, Sir! The first film was apparently 1975 and the first BBC series of 90 episodes, 1978-80 and 1988-90, unless I am again misreading Wikipedia.
I would generally consider myself fairly "woke" but I do not really know the books or the series to really follow what the director was trying to freshen and modernize. But, really, the books were written in the 1970s or so, not the 1870s!
Agreed, tomorrow looks better.Sorry to hear about your bad weather. We all pray it improves soon.
If you like easy to read, heart warming reads
Danish series - The Bridge
Yes, I've heard it's a strange, boring werld my friend.Still bored and annoyed with Picard, episode 5, I think. None of the original series would have featured a scene with someone having his eye surgically removed without anesthetic.
This ain't Star Trek. It has the name and the character and planet names, and there are tiny nods to the fans ("tranya" the drink is mentioned). But it's not Trek as we know and love it.
That said . . .Yes, I've heard it's a strange, boring werld my friend.